"Mu'er, your martial spirit seems to have mutated from my Green Toad."
On the way back to the territory, Qing Tianfeng told Qing Mu about his discovery.
After hearing Qing Tianfeng's words, Xu Yao curled her lips and said, "Couldn't it be a mutation of my daffodil? Look at the thing on this little thing's back, it looks exactly like a daffodil seed."
Seeing this, Qing Mu quickly said, "Dad, Mom, I feel like the quality of your two martial spirits is pretty similar, so they merged and mutated, and that's why you've become what you are now."
After hearing Qing Mu's words, Qing Tianfeng and Xu Yao were stunned, as if it was indeed the case.
About an hour later, the carriage arrived at their territory.
Qing Tianfeng is the Viscount of the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom. He governs a small town and a dozen nearby villages. The population of the area under his jurisdiction is three to four thousand people. He can probably bring hundreds or even thousands of gold soul coins in tax revenue to the Qingmu family every year.
Of course, Qingmu's family's actual income must be much higher than this figure. It is relatively easy for soul masters to make money. Qingmu's mother, Xu Yaoguang, can get 1,200 gold soul coins every year by receiving subsidies from the Spirit Hall.
The currency system of this world is divided into copper soul coins, silver soul coins, and gold soul coins from low to high, and the ratio between them is 1:10, that is, 1 gold soul coin is equal to 100 copper soul coins.
According to Qing Mu's actual measurement, one gold soul coin is roughly equivalent to the purchasing power of more than one thousand yuan in the previous life, but the wages of civilians in this world are very low, generally only 2 to 3 silver soul coins a month.
Especially those farmers who grow crops may not be able to save a single Gintama coin in a year.
Therefore, the status of soul masters is very high. Even the lowest-level one-ring soul master can receive a gold soul coin from the Spirit Hall in a month without doing anything, which is equivalent to four or five months' salary for an ordinary person.
However, it is not easy to become a soul master. It depends on bloodline and one needs to have innate soul power. Soul masters are more likely to come from families and forces. This can be seen from the fact that Yu Xiaogang's martial soul has changed from a blue lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex to a gong pig, but he still has soul power.
As for ordinary civilian families, the probability of awakening innate soul power is less than one percent, and even if they awaken innate soul power, it will generally not be higher than level three, and most of them are level one or two.
After the carriage drove into the castle and returned to his own territory, Qing Mu finally had the opportunity to study his own spirit, Bulbasaur.
"Come out, Bulbasaur!"
When he arrived at the castle garden, Qingmu summoned his martial soul, and immediately Bulbasaur appeared in front of Qingmu.
After being summoned by Qing Mu, Bulbasaur looked around and found that it was in the grass. Feeling the free wood element around it, it couldn't help but say happily: "Dana, dana~"
Seeing this, Qing Mu couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that you like this kind of environment very much."
Then, Qing Mu squatted down and asked Bulbasaur: "Bulbasaur, can you use your special move now?"
The first thing Qing Mu needs to figure out is whether Bulbasaur can comprehend special moves on its own like in the game animation, or whether it is like the martial souls in Douluo Continent, which must have soul rings attached to them to possess skills.
Logically speaking, a level 5 Bulbasaur should be able to use a special move.
"Dana?"
After hearing Qing Mu's words, Bulbasaur tilted its head in confusion, wondering why Qing Mu would ask such an obvious question.
Seeing this scene, Qing Mu's heart suddenly tightened. If Bulbasaur could not comprehend the special move on its own, then the biggest advantage of his Bulbasaur martial spirit compared to this world would no longer exist.
"Forget it, if I can't comprehend it, then I can't comprehend it. After all, it's an innate level 5 soul power, and Pokémon are born with the gene for evolution. Maybe I can evolve Bulbasaur later."
Qing Mu lowered his head and sighed.
But just when Qingmu was about to accept reality, Bulbasaur suddenly extended two slender vines from both sides of its neck and gently touched Qingmu's shoulders.
When he felt the shoulder touch, Qing Mu was stunned for a moment and looked up quickly.
Then, he saw Bulbasaur with vines extending from its shoulders.
"This is... a vine whip!"
After being stunned for a moment, Qing Mu suddenly felt ecstatic.
What does the appearance of the vine whip mean? This means that Bulbasaur may be able to use moves from Pokémon, not just a completely world-class martial spirit.
But Qing Mu still suppressed his inner excitement and began to let Bulbasaur demonstrate other skills.
After all, a vine whip alone cannot fully prove anything. Many wood-attributed martial spirits have this ability.
However, as Bulbasaur began to show off other moves he had mastered, Qingmu could no longer suppress the smile on his face.
Hahaha~ It turns out that his Bulbasaur is actually the Bulbasaur in Pokémon, and is not affected by the laws of this world.
Excited, Qingmu picked up Bulbasaur with both hands and began to spin around excitedly.
After Qingmu's verification, Bulbasaur now has a total of three skills, namely Whip, Impact and Root.
Not to mention the whip and collision, which are all normal attack moves, the interesting one is rooting.
This is a recovery-type move. When used, Bulbasaur's four legs will extend a large number of roots and take root in the ground, absorbing nutrients from the earth and continuously recovering Bulbasaur's injuries.
Qing Mu was also somewhat surprised to find that when Bulbasaur used Rooting, the soul power in his body was not consumed, but was increasing at a slow rate.
This is very important. Originally, at Qingmu's current level, he could not keep Bulbasaur alive for a long time. If he wanted to use a special move, the duration of maintenance would be even shorter. This is why Qingmu needs to summon Bulbasaur again after returning home.
But now with the Rooting technique, he doesn't have to worry too much about the consumption of soul power, and can thus carry out long-term training.
Yes, it is training. It is meaningless to just be able to use a special skill. Only when you master it and can release it in the most appropriate way at any time can you truly unleash the true power of the special skill.
This principle is universal everywhere. Even the soul masters in this world do not spend all their time practicing. They also spend time training the use of their soul skills.
After a while, Qing Mu's excitement finally calmed down. He rubbed Bulbasaur with his face like sucking a cat, and then put it down.
"It's great to have you!"
Qing Mu's heart was surging at this moment. With the unrestricted Bulbasaur spirit, he would surely make a name for himself in the Douluo Continent.
Perhaps many years later, people will respectfully call him...
Bulbasaur!